Americans already sell privacy for convenience, but in the U.S. there is no centralized platform by which the government can access personal data. Until now.
'If red states ban abortion, we could see a world where they have five times as many children with Down syndrome, and similar numbers for other disabilities...There are already negative stereotypes of Americans in these states. One can imagine it getting much more extreme. What if they also ban genetic engineering and embryo selection, while other places go ahead?'